My favorite speech

I think my favorite speech I gave was the tribute speech I made to my wife. I've never made a tribute speech to anyone before. When the concept was introduced, I thought of her right away and knew I had to do it about her. Her influence on me and my life is unquestionably the most amazing thing I could't have ever imagined. Before the speech, when we were told that some students have had to use extra time because they were "balling", I thought, what bunch of weenies. Well, call me a weenie then. Not that I was balling but I did get very chocked up and teary. That totally caught me off guard. I knew I had very strong feelings for her going into the speech but about half way through, I had this unexpected emotional response. I stopped, motioned to the teacher and jokingly said "stop the clock". After that, I thought it would pass and I proceeded on. Towards the end, that previously felt emotional response resurfaced and began to overwhelm me. I paused, covered my mouth with my hand (for some reason I don't know why) and then resorted to just reading the rest. So, apparently my wife means more to me than words alone can say. My tribute to her could not possibly do her presence in my life justice. This is why the tribute speech was my favorite. It brought on feelings in me I knew I had but un a way I had not expected.